Astrid

I mean, I just need to maybe give a little bit of context.

This was not the first time I had been here.

Because I had family growing up that lived here.

I came oftentimes as a kid, as a child.

Now, being on vacation is not the same as living here.

But I was not...

Completely, like, oblivious of, like... What it was to be in the American society.

Like, I knew at least the basics, right?

So, but I would say the...

I think this is not something that applies just to me as a Venezuelan.

I would think in general, the hardest thing, it's maybe establishing new connections here.

Okay, yeah.

Especially when you first moved here, you feel so out of place at first because you miss your things.

And it might sound silly, but it is true.

It's like you miss the little cafe you used to go to or...

It was not a shock to me.

Like I knew, but I would say that's... I was...

The other day, I was talking to another fellow Venezuelan that I know here, and we were talking.

And she said this, and I agreed with her, and she said, honestly, the hardest thing to get used to and deal with, really, is the food.

She said that, and I was like, I don't disagree.